When you read "Ship of Fools" you'll know why Katherine Anne Porter's long-awaited novel became 87 00>:: r..",.. ,:;;;,-:.: >. \ " f\\THE NE A PORTER SHIP OlS OFFO \tlü) II' Ii I ! ) , . MERICA'S #1 BEST SELLER more quickly than any other book in years Here are some compelling - and extraordinary - reasons: THE AUTHOR Katherine Anne Porter is no ordi- nary writer. She has long been rec- ognized the world over as one of America s most important modern authors, ranking with such Nobel laure- ates as Ernest Hen1ingway and Willian1 Faulkner. What is unique ìs the fact that her great crItical reputation has grown fron1 such a slnall body of writ- ing. Her stories and short novels have included such masterpieces as Pale Horse, Pale Rider; Flowering Judas and The Leaning Tower. The beauty and polished perfection of these few books have becon1e the model for a whole generation of An1erican writers. J' :"." -";-. : " . ! "" '$... .. . %:-. ..."" .... y .... ......-':::- ......,.-:..N^ THE BOOK F or twenty years the literary world has been waiting with mounting suspense for Katherine Anne Porter s first full- length novel Smp OF FOOLS. Now her book is holding hundreds of thousands of readers spell- bound. Sex, violence, loneliness, hate are all woven into the story of a unique transatlantic voyage. She tells of people so real the reader feels hin1self rubbing shoulders with then1 on deck, stun1bling r\rHF[\{).t l\: .,F \\ l R p()RTE 'OOlS . . . . . . . . . · · L. JSa71_Z h · · · {. 12fjt : : : L(JjB "'W">VERSARY . . . . . . .. ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....... ... ... over thel11 n1aking love in the shadows -and wondering what he would do or say if he were invited to join the cap- tain]> s table or buy a ticket for the preposterous party that turns the last night of the voyage into a rout. As W. G. Rogers writes of SHIP OF FOOLS, liThe sizzling white-hot pitch at which this story is written never drops; there is never a sec- ond's let-up in the gripping intensity." .:;: est SeHer list .. t< f:-. .. * UE. i:@ < }' .u. tts' d::J;::3 .::r.fk l#.$ . "fN.. · >4f _. .j . : . +- :;. . " . >:<w:+< . .. . .. ...:. ,...;:..: ... ...,. i:; :' ; '. .: . i .,.f :,:,.w'x.",,""<<,_x" í It" 4 "'f .:.. '1 ,.....ç. . uN%<-' -"""J THE ACCLAIM . .. THE RECORD The publication of SHIP OF FOOLS is being acclahned on the front pages òf everyone of An1erica]> s leading book reviews . Mark Schorer in the N. Y. Tin1es Book Review COlnpares this novel to the best novels of the past hundred years. . Within two weeks after its first appearance on the N. Y. Tin1es best- seller list, SHIP OF FOOLS was the nation]>s #1 best seller, a record unrI- valled by any other novel in nearly a decade. . The-Book-of-the-Month Club has chosen SHIP OF FOOLS for its men1bers. . Shortly after publication Hollywood announced that after tense bidding, the filn1 rights have been pur- chased by producer Stanley Kran1er for a major n10tion picture production. . In England, France, Italy, Gern1any and Sweden translations of SHIP OF FOOLS are being readied for the press. . Is it any wonder that In An1erica SHIP OF FOOLS has shot to the top of the best- seller list? Every corner of the United States is ring- ing with praise for SHIP OF FOOLS. These comments, chosen from hundreds, are typical: "Not a dull page; not a word you want to skip. The reading of it is sheer delight.']> - Philadelphia Bulletin. "A vivid, beautifully WrItten story bathed in intelligence and humor. u -N. Y. Herald Tribune. "A major novel, seeth- Ing with all too recognizable life."- Newsweek "It throbs with life on every page . . . A dazzling perforn1ance.]> - San Francisco Chronicle. "A literary event of the highest magnitude "-Washington Post. "An absorbing novel. . . bursting with a wealth of beautifully realized and diverse characters, brilliantly ana- lyzed n - Dallas Morning News. "I say and I think I shall go on saying, My God, here is a boolt. n -Dorothy Parker in Esquire. "Awaited for an entire literary generatIon. . . now suddenly, superbly here." -N. Y. Times Book Review. AND YOU If you are already reading SHIP OF FOOLS you know why it has won such overwheln1ing praise and why it has overnight becon1e the n10st widely read, eagerly discussed novel in the land. If you are not reading it) now is the tin1e to begin. SHIP OF FOOLS is a long novel, a rich novel, a big novel in every sense. It offers a unique and rewarding read- ing experience. It is a novel you will want to own, for it is destIned to take its place as one of the great books of our hn1e At all bookstores. $6.50 An Atlantic Monthly Press Book · LITTLE BROWN BOSTON